2 yrs of eDNA on Hawaiian reefs shows a persistent core (sponges, annelids, algae) anchors site identity. Rare taxa drive temporal noise (wind/waves/tides). eDNA = stable communities, not just transient DNA. Spatial > temporal. #eDNA #biodoversity #coralreefs 📄 doi.org/10.1111/mec....

After a couple years of work, our newest paper on the #ethics of #eDNA is now out. #environmentalDNA #womeninStem 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Community Perspectives on <fc>eDNA</fc> and Ethics: Results From a Mixed‐Methods, Cross‐Sectional Survey

In this manuscript we conduct a global, cross-sectional mixed methods survey targeting the eDNA end user community to identify areas of ethical interest and concern within the research field. We iden....

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#RP_INRAE En combinant les données d’ADN environnemental présent dans 186 lacs français avec l’analyse des réseaux écologiques et le machine learning, des scientifiques d’INRAE ont développé une méthode qui révèle l’état écologique des cours d’eau. 👉 url.inrae.fr/4eXmptk

Published today in @nature.com, our study shows that the #foodweb trophic structure is critical for #ecosystemfunctioning. Read it here: rdcu.be/frxEl This has been an incredibly rewarding collaboration with many amazing scientists! 🌐🧪🦑🍁🌱 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social

🧬📊 How quantitative is quantitative eDNA? At the #GuardIAS #SummerSchool, Teun Everts explored the promise and pitfalls of estimating species densities from eDNA, from ddPCR and qPCR to transport, shedding rates and emerging tools such as eDITH. #eDNA #Biomonitoring

📰Published📰Why differences among plants matter for forest food webs🌳 buff.ly/4oAYWnT 🧪🌍️

Why Differences Among Plants Matter for Forest Food Webs

Esther Sebastián González, Anuhea Robins, Robert Peck, Trebor Hall, Maya Munstermann, Nicole DiManno, Susan Cordell, Paul Banko, Santiago Soliveres, Rebecca Ostertag This is a plain language summar…

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New paper out @currentbiology.bsky.social! Led by Clara Wild we show that restoring heterogeneity in forests increases bat and bird diversity. 🧪🍁 Interestingly mechanisms differ between taxa 🐦🦇 and diversity facets. @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @betafor.bsky.social

Restoring structural complexity in temperate forests increases bat and bird diversity

Wild et al. show in a large-scale experiment that increasing forest structural complexity enhances bat and bird diversity by separating within- and between-patch contributions to landscape diversity, ...

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🌱 L’écologie fonctionnelle par Sandra Lavorel (CNRS/LECA) : 5 cours du @college-de-france.fr pour comprendre les liens entre biodiversité, changements globaux et fonctionnement des écosystèmes. À voir en ligne sur YouTube : urlr.me/ZVaqdR @cnrsecologie.bsky.social #Écologie #ChangementClimatique

💨Air doesn't just carry DNA—it carries location information. We show that simple wind data can help pinpoint where vertebrate airborne eDNA comes from, bringing us closer to biomonitoring from the air with spatial precision! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #eDNA #Conservation #congen

Local Transport of Vertebrate Airborne eDNA Is Captured by Wind‐Directed Catchment Area Models

This novel study models local airborne eDNA transport using wind-directed catchment models. Results show 100% of species detections within 100 m of samplers originate from predicted downwind catchmen...

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New paper from the lab on #eDNA sampling strategies for air. Well done Nina Garrett #womeninStem 🧪 . Sampling Intensity and Temporal Persistence of Airborne eDNA in Partially Enclosed Spaces - Garrett - 2026 - Environmental DNA - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Sampling Intensity and Temporal Persistence of Airborne eDNA in Partially Enclosed Spaces

The majority of species richness was detected using as little as four samplers in this enclosed space and the greater the number of sampling events, the fewer samplers were needed. eDNA also appeared...

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🧬 #eDNA sampling video publication 🎥 To make it easier for non-experts and #CitizenScientists to carry out eDNA sampling, we turned the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social sampling protocol into a video publication! Please spread and use widely! 😊 www.jove.com/v/70334/envi... @biodiversa.eu

New paper out in Molecular Ecology 🐟🧬 Led by Julien Beaulieu, we show environmental RNA (eRNA) can estimate freshwater fish biomass & abundance in the wild — outperforming eDNA. Mitochondrial eRNA tracked Brook Trout numbers best. First demonstration in natural lakes 👇 doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Excellente initiative du @cnrs.fr‬ ! Notre projet commencé en 2018 à la faculté des sciences de l'université de Montpellier @umontpellier.bsky.social compte maintenant plus de 13 000 observations concernant 1 800 espèces: www.inaturalist.org/observations... 1/..

Observations

iNaturalist is a social network for naturalists! Record your observations of plants and animals, share them with friends and researchers, and learn about the natural world.

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Les sites CNRS, havre de biodiversité ? Le CNRS lance le premier observatoire de la biodiversité de ses campus. Objectif : identifier les espèces animales et végétales présentes pour mieux les protéger. Une initiative appelée à s'étendre à travers la France. #CNRSdurable ♻️

New publication! 🎉 🧬 eDNA signals continue changing post-capture We tracked DNA persistence across collection materials and showed: ⏰ time, 🌡️ temp, and substrate drive detectability A step towards more standardised and field-ready airborne eDNA! bit.ly/435t2Ez #eDNA

New paper out in New Phytologist 🌱 After centuries of research in Europe, we have studied only ~37% of all seed-dispersal interactions. Birds of prey, ants, and rodents are among the most understudied - yet researchers rarely flag them as gaps! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Neglected seed dispersers and research compartmentalisation: how much do we know about what we don't know?

Geographic distribution of seed dispersal studies by disperser guild.

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Un nouvel article que nous sortons avec de bons collègues: Les omics pour la gestion des milieux aquatiques : rencontre entre chercheurs, gestionnaires et analystes: Échanges de points de vue https://revue-set.fr/article/view/9937 #omics #metabarcoding #nature #lake #pollution #river #DNA

+ d'infos ici : www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/seeb-2026

Semaine Écologie Environnement Biodiversité 2026 - Sciences en actions : restaurer la nature, transformer les territoires

Organisée chaque année depuis 2022 par le CNRS, la Semaine Écologie Environnement Biodiversité (SEEB) réunit chercheurs et acteurs socio-économiques locaux pour échanger autour des enjeux scientifique...

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Ça se passe à Montpellier lundi prochain! Venez sur place ou en ligne, ça promet d'être très intéressant 😁

Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations@cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Exceptional seminar, Monday June 1st, 2pm (FR time) "Anticipating ecological disruptions with measurement of network coherence" by #Dominique_Gravel @usherbrooke.bsky.social, Canada Zoom: tinyurl.com/fdwnf2wz Pwd: DG@cbgp!01 #food_webs #ecological_networks #biodiversity

So good to see this innovative terrestrial #eDNA #invertebrate #habitatcomplexity work published by @meebangor.bsky.social collaborators Daniela Zuzolo, Gina Gizzi and team from University of Sannio www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... dstunisannio.it/en/introduct...

Does airborne #eDNA provide information on #bee health and measure ecological data on a fine temporal scale? Find out in our new paper 🐝🌻🦠🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Fine‐Scale Temporal Dynamics of the Honey Bee Hive Microbiome and Foraging Revealed by Airborne eDNA

Airborne eDNA collected within honey bee hives reveals diverse plant and microbial communities. While richness remains stable, seasonal shifts in plant and microbiome composition highlight dynamic re...

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New paper from the lab. Fine scale measurements of honey bee ecology from airbone eDNA in the hive. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #beeDNA #womeninstem #eDNA #EnvironmentalDNA

#BioMonWeek2026 is on! Here is BioMonWeek at a glance: 🔹43 countries across 3 continents 🔹164 European projects 🔹Researchers, data practitioners, students, decision-makers, and businesses, supporting innovation in monitoring Follow the morning session live: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv Fly me to the canopy: #Diptera communities in oak forest crowns as #bioindicators of stand decline doi.org/10.1111/icad.70085 #Biodiversity #OakDecline @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

New exciting study from our lab @leibniz_lib showing flower strips can reduce #pesticides in #agriculture besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Insecticide‐level pest control provided by in‐field flower strips

Our findings indicate that in-field flower strips or derived legume-based intercropping systems can help reduce reliance on pesticide use in agriculture.

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Tom Hughes presents LIMPET - a new pipeline for detecting erroneous sequences in reference databases for #metabarcoding. Some databases contain more errors than others, but even highly curated databases can contain errors that will impact taxonomic assignment and ecological inference #UKDNAWG26

@bettinathal.bsky.social explaining the four missions of #eDNA Europe to create an eDNA hub in Europe connecting to the greater global eDNA community #ukdnawg2026

I had not heard heard about this article until it appeared last night. Cool. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #eDNA #environmentalDNA #WomeninStem #academicsky 🧪

The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for

Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify humans.

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New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🧬 My haplotype paper is out! We show that deviations between within-sample and population-level haplotype frequencies can be used to estimate how many individuals contributed to an eDNA sample. No tissue references needed, just metabarcoding data and some population genetics. #eDNA #PopGen

Estimating Organism Abundance Using Within‐Sample Haplotype Frequencies of eDNA Data

Environmental DNA (eDNA) provides powerful insights into species presence and community composition but remains limited in its capacity to infer species abundance or population structure. Here, we sh...

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[ 📁 Dossier] Les savoirs écologiques au service de la santé 💊 À l’approche du One Health Summit, la FRB revient sur plusieurs articles éclairant différentes facettes de ce concept scientifique invitant à sortir des silos pour une approche systémique des questions de santé. bit.ly/4m3qz5S

Les savoirs écologiques au service de la santé - Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité

Les savoirs écologiques “biodiversitaires” sont importants pour prévenir les conséquences en cascade de la perte de services écosystémiques et rendre les sociétés humaines, les écosystèmes et les espè...

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